Table 2. The Borg scores at the beginning and after 1 hour of sitting in nine body regions.
Body region | Mean Borg scores | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upright sitting | Slumped sitting | Forward leaning sitting | ||||
Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
Neck | 0.050 | 1.250* | 0.400 | 2.500* | 0.150 | 0.900* |
Rt. shoulder | 0.200 | 0.900 | 0.300 | 0.750 | 0.000 | 0.550 |
Lt. shoulder | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.500 |
Upper back | 0.500 | 0.950* | 0.200 | 0.950* | 0.000 | 2.500* |
Low back | 0.200 | 2.300* | 0.300 | 0.750 | 0.300 | 4.400* |
Rt. hip/thigh | 0.000 | 0.800* | 0.000 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.900* |
Lt. hip/thigh | 0.000 | 0.700* | 0.000 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.800* |
Rt. knee | 0.000 | 0.300 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Lt. knee | 0.000 | 0.300 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
*p value < 0.05